Abdallah ibn Muhammad al-Khaqani
Abdallah ibn Muhammad al-Khaqani عبدالله بن محمد الخاقاني | |
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Born | |
Died | c. 926/7 Baghdad, Abbasid Caliphate |
Occupation(s) | Abbasid vizier and court official |
Years active | June 924 – November 925 |
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Relatives | Ubayd Allah ibn Yahya ibn Khaqan (grandfather) |
Abu'l-Qāsim Abdallāh ibn Muḥammad al-Khāqānī (
Life
He was the son of Muhammad ibn Ubayd Allah al-Khaqani, vizier from 912 to 913, and grandson of Ubayd Allah ibn Yahya ibn Khaqan, vizier from 851 to 861 and 870 to 877.[1] He served as a secretary under his father during the latter's vizierate,[1] along with his brother Abd al-Wahid.[2] During is father's vizierate, Abdallah supervised the actual administration, while his father was busy trying to secure his own position at court. Nevertheless, the contemporary historians are unanimous in describing Abdallah and his father as both indolent and incompetent.[3][4] So haphazard was the governance during this time that the historian Miskawayh relates that seven governors were appointed to the same district within 20 days, and they all met by chance in the same inn on their way to take up their post.[5]
Despite the failure of this first tenure, in June 924 Abdallah became vizier himself, in succession to
References
- ^ a b c d e Sourdel 1971, p. 824.
- ^ van Berkel 2013, pp. 81, 83.
- ^ Kennedy 2013, pp. 27–28.
- ^ van Berkel 2013, pp. 72–73.
- ^ Kennedy 2013, p. 28.
- ^ Kennedy 2013, pp. 33–35.
- ^ Bowen 1993, p. 575.
Sources
- Bowen, H. (1993). "Muʾnis al-Muẓaffar". In ISBN 978-90-04-09419-2.
- ISBN 978-90-04-25271-4.
- OCLC 495469525.
- van Berkel, Maaike (2013). "The Vizier". Crisis and Continuity at the Abbasid Court: Formal and Informal Politics in the Caliphate of al-Muqtadir (295-320/908-32). Leiden: Brill. pp. 65–86. ISBN 978-90-04-25271-4.